Canadian police in Chandigarh for Kanishka probe

A team of police personnel from Canada on Tuesday held talks with the top brass of Chandigarh police and CBI here in connection with the bombing of Air India flight ‘Kanishka’ in 1985.
The five-member team is on a visit to Chandigarh and Punjab to probe a few leads in connection with the incident in which […]

Youths’ contingent leaves for Amritsar

A Contingent of about 100 youngsters attired like Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh was flagged off for Amritsar today.
The contingent was taken in a jeep, specially decorated to mark the birth anniversary of the great martyr.
In addition, three buses has been flagged off from the statutes of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev at Jagraon Bridge for […]

Former Punjab Advocate General arrested in City Cen ...

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) arrested former Advocate General Harpreet Singh for his involvement in the Ludhiana City Centre (LCC) scam here on Friday. Singh was the state Advocate General in the previous Amrinder Singh government.

The Punjab government has already submitted in court that the scandal involves nearly Rs 2000 crore in public money.
The […]

Monkey menace at Mohali: PWD official attacked

Residents of Mohali are grappling with monkey menace. A group of monkeys attacked an official of the Horticulture Department of Public Works Department (PWD), Gyan Chand. The incident happened when the official was taking his morning walk in the main park of Phase-I.
“There were not many people in the park when some six to […]

PM postpones his Shimla, Chandigarh visit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is recuperating from a prostate surgery, has decided to postpone his upcoming visit to Shimla and Chandigarh on doctor’s advice.
“The Prime Minister is still recovering from the prostate surgery he underwent on September 15. Doctors have advised him to limit his activity for a few days more,” Prime Minister’s […]

Vigilance raids ex-Punjab DGP’s bank lockers

Punjab’s Vigilance officials on Thursday evening raided and opened the lockers of former director general of police (DGP) S S Virk in a leading private bank here.
Vigilance officials said the lockers in his name and those of his family members were being searched.
The Vigilance wing on Wednesday sought permission from the district and […]

HC dismisses plea challenging land acquisition in M ...

The Punjab government today received a shot in the arm for going ahead with the complete development of Mohali, with the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s dismissal of the petition challenging government’s acquisition of certain pockets of land in Mohali.
This means that the Punjab government will now be able to develop all of Mohali […]